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Dr A Kara and Associates Is Open & Offering Appointments!
We take our role as members of your community seriously and have taken several measures to ensure a safe reopening. As we continue to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, please be aware that we are scheduling appointments for all patient encounters and cannot accept walk ins at this time. Please call ahead to schedule appointments for:
- eye examinations
- contact lens ordering and pickup
We All Need To Wear Masks
Practice Social Distancing
We Disinfect Well & Often
Call Us With Any Questions
An Expectations Checklist—For All of Us
To ensure your safety and the safety of our staff, we ask that you please help us by:
- Completing our entrance form and COVID-19 screening forms online or by phone before arriving for your appointment
- Coming alone to your appointment unless you require a caregiver or are accompanying a child to their appointment
- Bringing your own face mask from home and wear upon entering the office
- Using hand sanitizer immediately upon entering the office and again when leaving the office
- Practicing safe distancing within the clinic (minimum of 2 metres between you and other patients)
Steps we are taking to ensure your safety include:
- spacing appointments further apart to ensure social distancing and limiting the number of patients in the office at any time
- keeping patient seating in the optical and reception area at least 2 metres apart
- having hand sanitization stations avaiable at our entrance and throughout the office
- taking temperatures of staff at the beginning of each day and of each patient on entering the office
- ensuring all doctors and staff wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) including face masks, face shields and gloves as needed
- installation of plexiglass shields at the front desk and dispensary desk, and installation of shields on all testing equipment inside the exam room
- disinfecting chairs, equipment, surfaces and door handles after every patient use
- disinfecting pens after each use and touchless credit/debit card payments when possible
- scheduling follow up appointments by telephone or telehealth video conferencing where appropriate